Inkstand



(No Model.)

G. A. BOBRIGK.

INKSTAND. No. 542,750. Patented July 16, 1895.

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GABRIEL A. BOBRICK, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

INKSTAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,7 50, dated` July 16, 1895'.

Application tiled January 16, 1895. Serial No. 535,090. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom t may' concern:

Be it known that I, GABRIEL A. BOBRICK, of Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massa'- chusetts, have invented an Improvement in Inkstands, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters and numerals on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates more particularlyto that class of inkstands which are held in suitable openings in the tops of school-desks.

Such inkstands generally comprise a metallic supporting-shell which is secured to the desk, an ink-weil of glass or other non-corrodible material,and a lid or cover to protect theink when the inkstand is not in use. be commercially successful these inkstands must be strong and durable, cheap, easily at-A tachable to the desks, and the ink reservoir or Well mustbe removable when desired for cleaning or other purposes, and vetnormally retained in place and protected from tampering by the pupil.

Myinvention has for its object the produc- `tion of an inkstand of the class described which shall be free from objections as tocost, inefciency, and details of construction, but possessing all the desirable features hereinbefore set forth.

In accordance therewith my invention consists in an inkstand comprising v arious details of construction and arrangement, as will be hereinafter fully described', and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View on the line 0c, Fig. 2, of an inkstand embodying my invention and shown as attached to a desk top or cover. Fig. 2 is a top or plan View, partly broken out, of the i'nkstand shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a modified form of my invention, taken on the line y y, Fig. 4. Fig. 4: is aplan View, broken out, of said modification; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view thereof with'the lid-carrier detached.

In Figs. l and 2 A represents a portion of the desk top or cover with a counterbored opening therein to receive the shell or case a of the inkstand, Fig. 1, having formed thereon at its top an exterior projection or iange a', which rests in the counterbored portion of the -hole and below the top of the desk-cover wall, as at 0.x, through which suitable fasteny ings, as nails n, maybe driven into the wood of the desk-cover Ato retain the inkstand in place.

A lid-carrier a3 is provided with an annular lip or bead a4 and a circular recess as, the bottom of the recess being cut away at a5 in substantially crescent shape, as shown in Fig. 2.

A circular lid c, fitting snnglyin the recess of the carrier a3, is pivoted thereon by a suitable pin or stud c', the lid having a preferably circular pen -hole c2 therein, through which the penis passed when writing.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the lid-carrier is in its normal position, and the pen-hole c2 of its lid is shown as over the opening a5, so that access may be had to the ink in the well or reservoir b; but when the inkstand is not in use rotation of the lid c on its pivot will bring the solid portion thereof over and effectually close the opening 0.5.

The lid-carrier a3 is pivotally connected to the shell by a screw d, entering the flange o', and a locking device (shown as a projection a6 on the under side of the carrier) adapted to enter a depression a7 in the flange a positions the lid-carrier, and also prevents ylateral movement thereof when the screw d is tight, the lip or bead a4 at such time resting on the top surface of the desk-cover. A, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. l

Referring to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the thickness of the flange a. is such as to permit the main portion of the lid-carrier to enter the counterbored portion of the hole in the desk-cover when said lid-carrier is in place.

To insert or remove the ink-reservoir b, the screw d is loosened until the lid-carrier as can be tilted thereupon into dotted-line position, Fig. 1, to permit its lower edge to clear the edges of the hole in the desk-cover, and the said carrier is then swung to one side. The single screw d is the only external fastening which can be tampered with and that only by a screw-driver or similar tool. As the lid IOO c tits snugly in its recessin the carrier, all dust and dirt are excluded from the ink when said lid is turned to bring its solid portion over the opening a5.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 to 5 the shell e is internally shouldered at e to support the ink-reservoir b, and the top of the shell is shaped to form two arc-shaped tlanges e2 and e3, their upper surfaces being located in different horizontal planes, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

The lid-carrierfis arc-shaped to correspond with the flange e2,when seated thereon, and to which it is attached by a screw fx, said 1idcarrier being recessed to receive a portion of a circular lid f', pivotally mounted on a stud or pin f2 in the bottom of the recess.

As shown in Fig. 4, the bottom of the recess is so shaped as to preferably leave a crescent-shaped space f3 over the ink-reservoir when the lid-carrier is in place, and the lid f has a pen-hole f4 therein. The inner wall of the flange e3 is cut away t0 form a track or seat e4 for the circumference of the lid f not inclosed by the recessed carrierf, so that dust cannot enter. A lugf5 on the under side of the lid (see dotted lines, Fig. 4) is adapted to engage the edge of the lid-carrier bottom, and, if desired, said edge may be notched, as at 5, Fig. 4, the lug f5 preventing complete rotation of the lid.

When the lid-carrier is in position, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, it rests on the flange e2 with its faces lO abutting against the ends of the flange e3, while the projecting part of the lid f rests on the track or seat e4, and so long as the screw fx remains tight the lid-carrier cannot be tilted or swung to one side.

As shown in Fig. 3, the ilanged portion v6? is substantially lush with the surface of the desk-cover A, and the top of the lid-carrier, when in place on the flange e2, is also flush therewith, said lid-carrier being retained in the counterbore of the desk-hole.

In either construction it will be apparent that a single screw connectsthe shell and the lid-carrier, and that when said screw is tight the carrier is held immovable by the locking device described and also by its position in the desk-cover, the lid-carrier having to be tilted and swung about its pivot-screw when the latter is loosened in order to permit access to the ink-well.

I claim- 1. An inkstand comprising a shell adapted to enter a counterbored hole in a desk top, an ink-well loosely supported within Said shell, a recessed lid-carrier adapted to normally enter the counterbore in the desk top, a screw pivot eccentrically connecting it to the shell, loosening of said pivot permitting the lidcarrier to be tilted and swung laterally for removal or insertion ot the ink-well, and a circular lid, having a pen-hole, pivoted to said lid-carrier and rotatable in its recess, the bottom of the lid carrier being shaped to leave an opening over the ink-well, to be covered or -uncovered by rotation of the lid, substantially as described.

2. An inkstand comprising a shell having an external flange and adapted to enter a counterbored hole in a desk top, an internal shoulder on said shell, an ink-well loosely supported thereby, a recessed lid-carrier, a

Vscrew pivot therefor to connect it to the shell,

whereby'the carrier may be tilted and swung about its pivot when the latter is loosened, and a circular lid, having a pen-hole, pivoted to said lid-carrier and rotatable in the recess therein, the bottom of the lid-carrier being shaped to leave an opening over the ink-well, to be covered or uncovered by rotation of the lid, substantially as described.

3. An inkstand comprising a shell adapted to enter a counterbored hole in a desk top, an ink-well loosely supported within saidlshell, a lid-carrier adapted to normally enter the counterbore in the desk top, and shaped to leave an opening over the ink-well, a screw pivot eccentrically connecting said lid-carrier to the shell, a locking device to prevent lateral movement of said carrier when the screw is tightened, and a circular lid, having apenhole, pivoted to and rotatable on said lid# carrier, rotation of the lid covering and 1incovering the opening over the ink-well, the lid-carrier being adapted to be tilted and laterally swung about its pivot when the latter is loosened to permit insertion or removal of the inkwel'l, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GABRIEL A. BOBRICK. Witnesses:

AUGUSTA E. DEAN, JOHN C. EDWARDS. 

